WO2010118906A9 - Thin-film solar cell module - Google Patents

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WO2010118906A9
WO2010118906A9 PCT/EP2010/052225 EP2010052225W WO2010118906A9 WO 2010118906 A9 WO2010118906 A9 WO 2010118906A9 EP 2010052225 W EP2010052225 W EP 2010052225W WO 2010118906 A9 WO2010118906 A9 WO 2010118906A9
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tco
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solar cell
cell module
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Axel Straub
Tobias Repmann
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Applied Materials, Inc.
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Priority claimed from EP09158001A external-priority patent/EP2242109A1/en
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Publication of WO2010118906A2 publication Critical patent/WO2010118906A2/en
Publication of WO2010118906A3 publication Critical patent/WO2010118906A3/en
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    • H01L31/022425—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells
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    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/02002—Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the device in operations
    • H01L31/02005—Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the device in operations for device characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/02008—Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the device in operations for device characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells or solar cell modules
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    • H01L31/0392—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including thin films deposited on metallic or insulating substrates ; characterised by specific substrate materials or substrate features or by the presence of intermediate layers, e.g. barrier layers, on the substrate
    • H01L31/03921—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including thin films deposited on metallic or insulating substrates ; characterised by specific substrate materials or substrate features or by the presence of intermediate layers, e.g. barrier layers, on the substrate including only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/0445—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
    • H01L31/046—PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
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    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/05—Electrical interconnection means between PV cells inside the PV module, e.g. series connection of PV cells
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02S—GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
    • H02S40/00—Components or accessories in combination with PV modules, not provided for in groups H02S10/00 - H02S30/00
    • H02S40/30—Electrical components
    • H02S40/34—Electrical components comprising specially adapted electrical connection means to be structurally associated with the PV module, e.g. junction boxes
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Abstract

The invention relates to a thin-film solar cell module (71) in which a layer (72) of TCO is applied on a glass substrate (73). On this layer (72) of TCO is disposed a semiconductor layer (75) on which is applied an electrically conducting backside layer (85). The backside layer (85) includes a bridge element (88) in contact with the layer (72) of TCO. Directly on the layer (72) of TCO are applied busbars (82) by means of a printing method. The busbars (82) are herein connected with the backside layer (85) via the layer (72) of TCO.
PCT/EP2010/052225 2009-04-16 2010-02-23 Thin-film solar cell module WO2010118906A2 (en)

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US12/425,128 US20100263719A1 (en) 2009-04-16 2009-04-16 Thin-Film Solar Cell Module
EP09158001.9 2009-04-16
US12/425,128 2009-04-16
EP09158001A EP2242109A1 (en) 2009-04-16 2009-04-16 Thin-film solar cell module

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